Rail anchor



G. WAR

Original Filed D lllllllll Patented June 1, 1926.

UNITED STATE i 1,586,724 PAENT oF-Fice. Q

HAROLD e. WARE, or PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS, ASS1GNOB. 'ro TIE-IE1 & M COMPANY, or

' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A ooRroRAr oN or ILLINoIs. I

RAIL ANCHOR.

Original application fi ed. December 1, 1924, Serial No. 753,257. Patent No. 1,556,052, dated October 6,

1925. Divided and this application filed Augustfil, 1925. Serial No. 52,084;

My invention relates to rail anchoring de vices of the general type adapted to-grip the base portion of a railroad rail and'has for its principal object the provision of a 5 new and improved device of the above char- 'acter, which will be easy of application, reliable in its operation, and which will be inexpensive to manufacture. A more specific object of the invention is to provide an improved anchor device which will have the advantages of a two-piece device, in so far as the manufacture of thedevice is concerned, and which will have the advantages of a "one-piece device in so far as its application to a rail is concerned.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved anchor device comprising a rail gripping'member and a separately formed member for retaining the rail grip-- pingmember in its operative position on a rail, which members are so formed that the rail gripping member may be made of a uniform size to fit rails having base flanges of different thickness and so that the variations in the dimensions of the anchors necessary to accommodate rails having base flanges of difierent widths may be accomplished by varyingthe length of the retaining member, or by varying the assembled position with relation to the other member. The invention has for further objects, the novel arrangement, constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated ob jects and such other incidental objects as will appear from the following descriptio of the invention.

A preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein: I

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a rail anchor constructed in accordance with my invention, applied to the base portion of a railroad rail.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the anchorcon- The invention is illustrated in the drawing, as consisting of a rail gripping member 10, adapted to fit over one edge of a rail base portion of a railroad rail 11, and a reta ning member 12 engaged with'sthe rail gripping member and adapted to snap over the opposite edge of the rail base to hold the gripping member 10 in its operative posltion.

Thegripping member 10 .is preferably made'of cast metal and is provided with relatively heavy upper andlower jaws 13 and 1a, the inner surfaces of which define a. recess 15 for receiving one edge of the rail base 11.

The recess 15 is normally smaller than the thickness of the rail base, when the gripping member is free of the rail, sothat it will be necessary .when driving the gripping member to its rail gripping position, to distort the jaw 13 from the dotted line position to the full line position shown in Fig. '2, thereby insuring a firmgrip of the 1 anchor on the rail,'and also making it' practicable to appl the member 10 to rail bases of different thickness. Y

' The retaining member 12 consists of a metal bar, preferably square in cross seetion and made of spring metal one end of which extends into the member 10 and is formed with an angularly disposed end portion 16 which looks itin position and is formed at the other end with an upstanding portion 17 adapted to engage with the vertical surface of the rail base at a point opposite to the rail gripping member. The member 12 is preferably bent downwardly intermediate its endsto provide clearance between the downwardly bent portion and the bottom surface of the rail base and is secured rigidly to the rail gripping member by casting the member 10 around the upset end 16 of the retaining member so as to imbed the end 16 in the metal of the member 10. This result" may be accomplished by so positioning the end of the member 12 in the mold in which the casting is formed, that the molten metal, when poured 1 into the mold, will flow around the end of the member 12.

With the above construction the members 10 and 12 being formed separately, may be made of metals of different quality and in other respectsf contain the various manufacturing advantages present in a two-piece anchor. The separately formed members,

however, are preferably permanently 0on nected at the factory, so that the anchor may be shipped and applied to a rail as a onepiece anchor. The construction above described may be readily formed to fit rail bases of diiierent widths by simply shifting the position of the member 12 in the mold, in which the casting 10 is formed, so as'to provide the desired distance between the shoulder 17 of the member 12 and the end wall of the recess 15 of the cast metal memher.

In applying the anchor to a rail, the jaw 13 is hooked over one edge of the rail base with the depending tie abutting portions 18 in a position to bear against one of the vertical faces of a cross tie 19. The gripping member 10 may be driven into tight gripping engagement with the base flange of the rail. \Vhen the gripping member is in its applied position, the end 17 of the retaining member 12 will snap into engagement with the opposite edge of the rail base and thereby hold the gripping member from backing ofi' the rail. The retaining member is not ordinarily subjected to any appreciable stress resulting from the creeping of the rail, and therefore may be made relatively light in weight.

IVhile I have described my invention in a specific embodiment, it will be obvious that modifications of the anchor device may be made without departure from the spirit of my invention. I therefore wish it to be understood that I contemplate all such changes in structure as come within the scope of the appended claims.

This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 753,257, filed December 1, 1924, upon which Patent No. 1,556,052 issued October 6, 1925.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor comprising a cast metal gripping member for engaging one flange of a rail base and a separately formed retaining member secured thereto and adapted to snap into engagement with the other flange of said base.

2. A rail anchor comprising a cast metal rail gripping member for engaging one flange of a rail base and a separately formed spring member permanently secured thereto and adapted to engage the other flange of said base to hold said rail gripping member in operative position.

3. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member adapted to grip one flange of a rail and a separately formed retaining member secured to the gripping member and adapted to engage the other flange of said rail; the gripping member being made of cast metal and castaround one end of said retaining member, so as to be permanently attached thereto.

4. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member adapted to grip one flange of a rail and a separately formed retaining member secured to the gripping member and adapted to engage the other flange of said base; the gripping member being made of cast metal and the retaining mcmbcr comprising a metal bar formed at one end with arail engaging portion and at the other cud with an angularly disposed portion embedded in the cast metal member.

.5. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member adapted to grip one edge of the rail base. and a separately formed rc taining member rigid with said gripping member and adapted to snap into engagement with the opposite edge of the rail base to hold said gripping member in its applied position.

6. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member adapted to grip one edge of the rail base and a separately formed retaining member having a rigid engagement with said gripping member and adapted to snap over the opposite edge of the raii base to hold said gripping member in its applied position; said engagement of the members being such that the retaining member moves into its operative position when the said gripping engagement reaches its fully ap plied position.

7. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member adapted to grip one edge of a rail base and a separately formed retaining member having a rigid engagement with the gripping member and adapted to snap over the opposite edge of the rail base to hold said gripping member in its applied position, the arrangement of said members laing such as to provide clearance between the bottom surface of the rail base and a por tion of said retaining member.

8. A raii anchor comprising a rail gripping member and a retaining member adapted to hold said gripping member in applied position on a rail, one of said members being made of cast metal and attached to the other member during the casting operation.

9. A rail anchor comprising a rail gripping member tormed with means to abut against a cross tie, and a retaining member to hold said gripping member in its operative position on the rail, said retaining memher being formed separate from said gripping member and attached thereto during the formation of the latter.

HAROLD G. IVARR. 

